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Case FileNARA NAID 28963884 · T1206 Roll 24

Project Blue Book Case File

Barberton, OhioOctober 1955

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Barberton, Ohio in October 1955. The full case file (6 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 24.

Reported location

Barberton, Ohio

Date of incident

October 1955

State / country

OH / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
{ PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
{
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
: O Was B
9 Oct 55 rberton, Ohio o Probably Balleon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0. Fossity Balicen
TA A ER DE MR £0 Ground-Visuel O Ground-Rodor 8 Bb Reva
GMT 10/02502 0 Air Visual O Air<Intercept Radar | ° Possibly Aireroft
5. PHOTOS SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical MetEOr |
0 Yes : RB Probably Astronomical i
No : | civilian (Goce) DO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION b NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE oT RR AS
: 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation ¢
! 0 Unknewn i
four seconds one SE ; b
Ll |10. BRIEF SUMMARY.OF SIGHTING 1). COMMENTS ; |
One round, white obj, size of dime held at arms| In all probability this sighting was |
length, had a trail which glowed and extended generated by a meteor. E
for an estimated one-half mile behind obj}. : |
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
5
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28963884

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

BarbertonBarberton, OHOhio

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19551955-10-01

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